Nov 28

Your Photo Data Is Safe…Underwater?

That's right, you read the headline is correct. Over the weekend a diver, Markus Thompson, found a camera at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, just off the coast of British Colubmia. He salvaged the camera, poked around a little bit (determining that the camera had been dropped into the water in August 2010), recovered the data off the card and, using Google+, found the owner. Markus' original post and updates here. The social web... read more ›
Nov 26

The Dream of a Dying Albatross: More Powerful Work from Chris Jordan

While I was in Asia last week, I got a update note from my talented, activist photographer friend, Chris Jordan, with a link to the below, powerful, heartwrenching clip... He's making progress on his feature documentary at midway. NOTE: this content is emotive and graphic. It shows the last moments--literally the last breaths--of a dying albatross. If this might bother you, do not watch it. If, on the other hand, you have the ability to... read more ›
Nov 21

We’re Not Drowning In Photography, We’re Getting Rich

Erik Kessel - Photography in Abundance
"I can’t get over the feeling that pictures taken with a camera in a phone that everyone owns [iphone] have no value." - Excerpt from APhotoEditor, Drowning in Photography Sorry APE, forgive me for being prescriptive, but you'd better get over that feeling. Just because "everyone's doing it" -- because there are a lot of photos out there in the world -- doesn't mean photography is headed for the shitter. Two counter points cutting through... read more ›
Nov 11

How To Photograph Aretha Franklin…and How NOT To Sing To Her

Wanna know how to photograph people/celebrities like Aretha Franklin from the guy who has been shooting her covers for the past 7 years? I do too... Fashion, beauty, and celebrity photographer Matthew Jordan Smith brings his knowledge, vision, and photo techniques this weekend to creativeLIVE.com for a superdope free 3-day online workshop (update: that is LIVE, here, right now...) where he'll go thru tutorials on specific photos he's shot in his career, including... read more ›
Nov 03

Macklemore + Chryde #cjLIVE Re-Watch: Living the Dream + Live Performance

Me and/or my crew have been in Paris, NYC, LA, Seattle, and Salt Lake City in the past 10 days alone. Given that sort of schedule, we don't always have time/ability to cut together a chasejarvisLIVE re-watch (that's why you should always watch live), but this was an absolute must. It was an epic show. Chryde, founder of amazing La Blogotheque/Take Away Shows, was our first guest all the way from Paris. He... read more ›
Nov 02

60 Second Portrait: Chris Jordan

60 Second Portrait of uber talented and visionary photographer Chris Jordan. I just love this. [aside: He's been on chasejarvis LIVE here - GREAT episode. His website is here. And if you dig these 60 second portraits, there are lots more Chase Jarvis 60's here.
Oct 25

Think You Don’t Need to Focus? Think Again.

Been tons of chatter online about the Lytro camera the last few weeks. In case you've been living under a rock or too busy to notice, then you'll be happy to know that the new Lytro camera allows you to select focus AFTER you shoot the photograph. AMAZING technology developed at Stanford by Ren Ng. Just like you can change the white balance after capture when shooting RAW, well now you can put those striking... read more ›
Oct 24

chasejarvis LIVE on WED, OCT 26: Living the Dream w Macklemore + Chryde

UPDATE: in case you're just tuning in, this fresh-ass live broadcast is TODAY. Join me, Chryde from LaBlogotheque, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis along with an audience that's come from all over the world to join us in the garage. Tune in sharp at 11am Seattle time, 2pm NYC time, 19:00 London time. First. Do NOT MISS this upcoming episode of chasejarvisLIVE. Second. It's the goal of so many people I know to live their dream... read more ›
Oct 18

Special chasejarvis LIVE on Wed Oct 26th — Join Us In Person & Mark your Calendar

---- UPDATE: Some of you have already heard the news...As such wanted to confirm here that our musical guest for the Wednesday, October 26 is the amazing MACKLEMORE with DJ Ryan Lewis (we went behind the scenes on a recent music vid with them here...). They're perhaps the fastest rising hiphop act in the country, recently packing the Bumbershoot Main Stage with more than 10,000 fans. They'll be a part of a Q&A... read more ›
Oct 17

Canon 5D Mark III Pre-Production Camera…

Someone just sent this to me. "Chase Jarvis has a Pre Production Canon 5d Mark III". Yeah, I guess that makes it true... (guessing it's the handy detective work of Dave @ Learning dSLR video).